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MPB Think Radio

Welcome to @ISSUE 2026! Host Wilson Stribling and political analyst Brandon Jones welcome new analyst Rebekah Staples to the @ISSUE team. Rebekah gives a baseball-themed explanation of the legislative process, then the team dives into the issues of school choice, the ballot initiative process, and concerns about federal budget cuts.

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85 episódios

  1. @ISSUE • Voting in Mississippi • Secretary of State Michael Watson Interview • Hyde-Smith v. Colom for Senate 28:58
  2. @ISSUE • State Agency Budget Requests 28:48
  3. @ISSUE • Public Hearings on Redistricting Conclude 28:45
  4. @ISSUE • Do I Have That Right? 28:59
  5. @ISSUE • Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reforms 22:59
  6. @ISSUE • Mississippi’s Mail-In Ballot Law • Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Order • Prof. Matt Steffey Interview 28:00
  7. @ISSUE • Will foreign beef imports hurt Mississippi cattle producers? • Sen. Andy Berry interview 29:00
  8. @ISSUE • Public Meetings on Redistricting Begin 29:00
  9. @ISSUE • Hyperscale Data Centers in Mississippi 29:00
  10. @ISSUE • Changes ahead for universities & community colleges? (Part 2) • Rep. Zakiya Summers interview 29:30
  11. @ISSUE • Changes ahead for universities & community colleges? • Sen. Nicole Boyd interview 28:31
  12. @ISSUE • Youth Court Special Session: Legislature passes major reforms 28:59
  13. @ISSUE • Mississippi's Youth Court Crisis: How did this happen? 29:00
  14. @ISSUE • New Mississippi Laws In Effect July 1 28:59
  15. @ISSUE • Politickin' at the Neshoba County Fair 31:21
  16. @ISSUE • School District Consolidation 28:59
  17. @ISSUE • The Rural Health Transformation Program in Mississippi 28:30
  18. @ISSUE • Interview with Jackson Mayor John Horhn 28:30
  19. @ISSUE • Redistricting is ahead...but not just yet. 29:00
  20. @ISSUE • Will Mississippi join other states in redrawing congressional districts? 29:00
  21. @ISSUE • The U.S. Supreme Court's Calais decision reinterprets the 1965 Voting Rights Act. What will the impact be for Mississippi? 29:00
  22. @ISSUE • Mississippi’s Shield Act: Protecting election integrity or disenfranchising voters? 28:30
  23. @ISSUE • All about April 15: a very strange day at the Capitol 29:00
  24. @ISSUE • Mississippi’s Opioid Settlement Funds: How will the state spend its $400 million? 28:57
  25. @ISSUE • The 2026 Mississippi Legislative Session is over…for now. 28:17
  26. @ISSUE • Storm Relief Veto Controversy • $7.4B State Budget • $2K Teacher Pay Raise • SHIELD Act • Pharmacy Benefit Managers • Supreme Court Redistricting 28:59
  27. @ISSUE • Special Needs Education Tax Credits • PERS Changes • Jackson Water System • Medical Cannabis • Local & Private Bills 28:59
  28. @ISSUE • Competing teacher pay raise bills • MDOC controversies • House Education Chairman Rob Roberson interview 28:59
  29. @ISSUE • House passes teacher pay raise and changes to PERS • Senator David Blount interview 28:55
  30. @ISSUE • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence • Cyber Security • Legislative Deadlines • Sen. Bradford Blackmon Interview 28:59
  31. @ISSUE • School Choice Special Session ahead? • Infant Mortality Review Board • ABC Troubles • Opioid Settlement Funds • Rep. Robert Johnson interview 28:59
  32. @ISSUE • Sen. Jeremy England interview • Ballot Initiative • School Prayer • Immigration Enforcement • Abortion Drug Criminalization • School Attendance Officers • Literacy Intervention • Prison Health Care 28:30
  33. @ISSUE • Senator Derrick Simmons interview • Senate Education Committee kills HB2 • Prison reform • Ballot initiative • Immigration laws 28:30
  34. @ISSUE • Immigration Enforcement • Domestic Abuser Registry • Midwife Practice • Elected School Boards • And more… 29:00
  35. @ISSUE • HB 2, the Mississippi Education Freedom Act, passes in the House. 29:00
  36. @ISSUE • School Choice • Teacher Pay Raise • Funding PERS • House Bill 2: The Mississippi Education Freedom Act 29:00
  37. @ISSUE • The 2026 Mississippi Legislative session begins • Legislative Process • School Choice • Ballot Initiative • Budget Concerns 29:01
  38. @ISSUE • Special Session Edition • Budget bills pass, but not without controversy 36:14
  39. @ISSUE • Legislature ends session with unfinished business • Special session ahead 29:00
  40. @ISSUE • Mississippi eliminates the personal income tax 34:59
  41. @ISSUE • Income tax cut via typo? • Sen. Josh Harkins interview • Public Employee Retirement System changes 42:11
  42. @ISSUE • Tax cuts & the State budget • Medicaid rally at Capitol • Sen. Bryan interview • Public health issues 49:26
  43. @ISSUE • Remembering Robert Clark • School choice • Tax reform • Presumptive eligibility • Mobile sports betting 45:37
  44. @ISSUE • Legislative redistricting • Roads & bridges •Tax cut bills • Casino tax • Israel caucus 34:52
  45. @ISSUE • Senate tax cut bill • Advanced practice nurses bill • Parental leave • PERS changes • Wine & liquor sales • Hemp product regulation 50:06
  46. @ISSUE • Senate tax cut plan • School choice bill dead? • Criminalizing grooming • Early voting controversy • Domestic Violence Fatality Review bill 45:44
  47. @ISSUE • School choice • Anti-DEI measures • Early voting • Ballot initiative • Felon voting rights • Domestic violence study • Agricultural torts • Online wine sales 35:37
  48. @ISSUE | Governor’s State of the State address - Education legislation - Energy policy - Income tax elimination 48:12
  49. @ISSUE | New ballot initiative bill - Medicaid presumptive eligibility re-do - School choice - MAGA & Mississippi 49:08
  50. @Issue | The 2025 Legislative session begins - Tax Reform - Medicare Expansion - School Choice 35:25